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Getting Started with the PowerMic II and Dragon Medical, Version 10.1

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Page 1: ...PowerMic II Getting Started Guide Dragon Medical Version10 1 ...

Page 2: ...ington MA 01803 Copyright 2009 Nuance Communications Inc All rights reserved Patents The PowerMic II product is the subject of pending U S and foreign patent applications Disclaimer Nuance makes no warranty express or implied with respect to the quality reliability currentness accuracy or freedom from error of this document or the product or products referred to herein and specifically disclaims a...

Page 3: ...PowerMic II as a Mouse 6 Scanning Barcodes with your PowerMic II 7 Reassigning the PowerMic II Buttons 8 Using the Buttons with DragonTemplates 9 Using the Buttons to Tab Within an Application 10 Using a Button to Delete the Last Word 11 Using a Button to Switch Between Hidden Mode and Normal Mode 12 Changing the Dictate Button to a Microphone On Off Button 13 Contents ...

Page 4: ...ii Getting Started with the PowerMic II and Dragon Medical Version 10 1 ...

Page 5: ...on Medical users with this microphone This document covers the following topics Adding a dictation source for the PowerMic II Using the PowerMic II to dictate say commands and to function as a mouse Customizing the PowerMic II buttons to do the following tasks Navigating in a Dragon Template Tabbing within an application Deleting the last word Turning hidden mode on and off Turning the microphone ...

Page 6: ...lease see document L 3271 001 If you are using version 9 x or lower you need to upgrade to version 10 to take advantage of most of the features of the PowerMic II Note The Dragon Medical Version 10 1 Provider Packet part number L 3243 003 has two pages on the PowerMic II One shows the default settings and one has blanks where you can write in your custom settings PowerMic II Illustration ...

Page 7: ...ug the PowerMic II directly into the tablet rather than the docking station so that you can continue using the microphone if you undock the tablet 2 Wait for the Your new hardware is ready to use message to appear If you see a message asking you to reboot Windows click No 3 Start Dragon Medical if it is not already running 4 If the Open User dialog box doesn t appear on the DragonBar click Dragon ...

Page 8: ...is dialog box make sure the microphone is firmly plugged in and wait for Windows to finish detecting it Then try again 8 Click OK You should now see your user name twice in the Open User dialog box If you have two vocabularies and two dictation sources you ll see four entries because there are four possible combinations You haven t created a new user file you ve added a dictation source to the exi...

Page 9: ...ent is in the foam covered indentation at the top end of the device Make sure the microphone element is 1 to 3 inches from the side of your mouth and try to keep its position fairly consistent The microphone is not designed to lie on the table Note During the Audio Setup Wizard and the General Training do not press any of the buttons on the PowerMic II Dragon Medical automatically starts listening...

Page 10: ...werMic II can also function as a mouse There are three controls on the front and one on the back of the microphone that allow you to perform common mouse functions Pointing Device Use this control to move your mouse cursor This button is very similar to the control seen on many notebook style computers Left Right Mouse Buttons These buttons perform the same functions as your left and right mouse b...

Page 11: ...scanner s laser Refer to the illustration on page 2 Pressing and releasing the small button directly below the pointing device activates the PowerMic II barcode scanner located on the back of the microphone When the barcode scanner detects a valid barcode Dragon Medical converts the barcode into text and sends it to the active application Note If your PowerMic II is not equipped with a scanner pre...

Page 12: ...for your PowerMic II buttons You can customize how these buttons function To customize the buttons on your PowerMic II On the DragonBar click Tools Options and select the PowerMic II tab Note If you don t see the PowerMic II tab on the DragonBar click Dragon Open User and make sure you selected the PowerMic II dictation source when you opened your user file ...

Page 13: ...the Add Note field in AHLTA versions earlier than 3 3 They do work in other text fields in AHLTA and they also work in Essentris CPRS RPMS and any other application in which the Select and Say indicator turns green To assign buttons for use in DragonTemplates 1 If you don t have a DragonTemplate create one You can edit an existing Text Graphics command and put square brackets around any text whose...

Page 14: ...thin an Application In any application where you can press the Tab key on your keyboard to move from field to field such as in an Essentris template or an Outlook email message you can use the Tab Forward button on the PowerMic II to navigate Note You cannot generally use a Tab key to navigate in AHLTA not even in the currently available AIM forms If you would also like to be able to use the Tab B...

Page 15: ...n assign a PowerMic II button to delete the last word from your text To assign a button to execute the delete last word voice command 1 In any application dictate any text 2 Say delete last word This places the delete last word command onto a list of recently used commands 3 On the DragonBar click Tools Options and select the PowerMic II tab 4 Select the button you want to use For this example use...

Page 16: ...mal Mode In Hidden Mode Dragon Medical captures and stores dictation without immediately placing it into the application This allows you to view other windows or applications while dictating If you set the Dictation Box Open option to Always hidden see below the Transcribe button on the PowerMic II toggles Dragon Medical between Hidden Mode and Normal Mode See the Dragon Medical online help for mo...

Page 17: ... back into Normal Mode Changing the Dictate Button to a Microphone On Off Button If you find that your thumb gets tired from holding down the Dictate button you can change the Dictate button from a press to talk button to a microphone on off toggle button 1 On the DragonBar click Tools Options and select the PowerMic II tab 2 From the Dictate button drop down list select Dictation Microphone on of...

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